If the folk
scene has "produced an heir to Woody Guthrie, it has to be LARRY
LONG. This Midwestern troubadour has the simplicity, humor and commitment
that made his mentor famous." CMJ July 1995

" When
senior members of a community go into schools and talk about their lives
and work, and children write songs with Larry Long about what they have
learned, they create a remarkable celebration of humanity and hard work."
Tony Seeger, Curator & Director Smithsonian/Folkways

Larry Long is
a musician, community organizer, father and educator. Larry has organized
farmer-controlled markets in Tennessee; a movement to clean up the upper
Mississippi River; the first hometown tribute to Woody Guthrie, celebrated
with children in Okemah, Oklahoma. Larry has sung along the banks of
the Amazon and Tiete Rivers of Brazil, and joined on a peace cruise
down the Volga River in the former Soviet Union. He traveled with a
tractorcade from Minnesota to Washington D.C. with farmers seeking fair
prices. In the 1980s Larry participated in the Run for Freedom -- a
400-mile spiritual run organized by Lakota children for which his CD
Run For Freedom is named. Larry is also the recipient of the prestigious
Bush Artists Fellowship.

For the past
several years, Larry has been developing and presenting an inter-generational
curriculum, mixing oral history and songwriting within a traditional
educational structure. Pete Seeger writes, "The songs Larry Long is
making up and teaching to kids are carrying on the work of Woody Guthrie."
Larry's newest recording -- Well May The World Go, to be released on
Smithsonian Folkways in Summer 2000 -- tells the stories of hard-working
people in a way that highlights the courage, deep personal experiences,
and heroism found in their lives. It features 12 new songs with rich
instrumentation and extensive annotation.

Larry is going
to play a large role in the upcoming Audubon Ark 2000 with the National
Audubon Society. Click here
to learn more about this exciting journey.